This tutorial walks you through the basic HTML5 fundamentals and aims to help developers to get started building HTML5 apps quickly. This series of tutorials contains 19 Getting Started lessons that would help developers to master the basics of HTML5 in 12 hours. It can also be used as a quick HTML5 reference guide. Aspects like getting started with Java Script and CSS3 are also covered as also part of the lessons.

Geek Champ's Getting started with HTML5 provides a good starting point for people wanting to get to grips with HTML5 with easy to follow short text-based tutorials set out in a clear manner. More in-depth study would be needed, though, for anyone wanting to truly master HTML5.